I’ve just decided to hire a coach. This may sound a bit odd coming from a coach, but coaches need coaches as much as anyone else. In my case, I am seeking to…
Performance Improvement
Giving advice has been getting a bad rap recently. Coaching has emerged as a preferred leadership style over advice giving. Following this logic, mentoring will also be a less preferred style of interacting….
One of the most valuable things I do with my clients is to help them recognize how we get in our own way. You might wonder why we do this. Why do we…
I had a climbing lesson the other day and my instructor pushed me to try a route that challenged my ability. It didn’t turn out well, my fear got the better of me….
I am usually thinking about how to get more done in less time, to become more efficient. This involves challenging how I spend my time and what I spend it on. After all,…
I rented a tool called a brush hog this week. It was the perfect tool to clear the chest high thorny blackberry bushes covering a plot of land we purchased. In fact, it…
Sometimes my clients see trouble ahead and yet they don’t take action. There can be a variety of reasons why this happens, but it is usually because we get hijacked by our emotions….
If you’ve read my articles over the years, you will know commitment is one of the foundations of strong leadership. Leadership is about generating the commitment in others to want to join you…
In my last post I talked about goals and what a goal is. The better you understand something, the more value you are likely to derive from it. Earlier in my career, I…
What is a goal? On the face of it this is a simple question but like most things, it is not so simple. I’ve written extensively about the qualities of a goal. The…